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Biology Schools in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contains 52 schools that offer biology programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking biology school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.

Of the 52 biology schools in Massachusetts, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr), with North Shore Community College as the lowest recorded at only $6,134/yr.

Biology students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become biologists, marine biologists, wildlife biologists, molecular biologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 29,630 people working as biological scientists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,430. Also, Zoologists and wildlife biologists make on average $60,670 per year and there are about 17,460 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 330 employed zoologists and wildlife biologists earning an average yearly salary of $66,650. Biological scientists in this state earn $56,710/yr and there are 1,030 employed.

Also, within the biology schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from biology, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Biology Programs in Massachusetts

Harvard University

• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Evolutionary Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, PhD
• Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Amherst College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Boston College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Boston University

• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Conservation Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Environmental Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, PhD
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters, PhD

Northeastern University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Wellesley College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Brandeis University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD

Hampshire College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Gordon College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

College of Our Lady of the Elms

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Simmons College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Emmanuel College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bay Path College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fitchburg State College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Framingham State College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Suffolk University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Radiation Biology/Radiobiology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Worcester State College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Regis College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Eastern Nazarene College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Environmental Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Anna Maria College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Curry College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

American International College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mount Ida College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Williams College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

College of the Holy Cross

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Smith College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Mount Holyoke College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Stonehill College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Clark University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Wheaton College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Springfield College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater State College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Environmental Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Westfield State College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

Bard College at Simon's Rock

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Merrimack College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Assumption College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD

Salem State College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Western New England College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Molecular Biology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Boston

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Pine Manor College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Atlantic Union College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Massachusetts Bay Community College

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Springfield Technical Community College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

North Shore Community College

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Bunker Hill Community College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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Massachusetts Interesting Facts

• 552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
• Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
• "Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
• In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."

Top National Parks in Massachusetts:

• Callahan State Park »
• Mt Holyoke Range State Park »
• Ashland State Park »

Famous State Residents:

• Ralph Waldo Emerson »
• John F Kennedy »
• Susan B Anthony »

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